Sydney’s Phantastic Ferniture have lined up some unmissable headline dates for Sydney and Melbourne music lovers this July, bringing their new single “Gap Year” to the Newtown Social Club and the Grace Darling. The band, also announced to perform alongside the likes of Shining Bird and Noire at Stanwell Park’s Spunk Rock Festival on July 2nd, have been cultivating quite the…
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For London quartet Arthur Beatrice, the release of their sophomore album Keeping the Peace marked a great move forward. Following on from the release of their acclaimed debut album Working Out, the band underwent significant changes both creative and emotional. Where listeners were first introduced to a male/female vocal partnership in Ella Girardot and Orlando Leopard, Keeping the Peace has seen…
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They were one of our choice picks from The Great Escape Festival this year and today, Beaty Heart have continued to impress with the release of their music video for the effortlessly catchy single, “Soft Like Clay”! What drew us to the band initially was the way in which they craft some frenzied pop melodies with a…
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The Blastoma countdown is well and truly on, with only weeks to go until NGAIIRE‘s new album is with fans in all its glory. To keep us hanging on in the meantime, the lady herself has recently gifted us with a brand new single in “House on a Rock”, showing NGAIIRE at her most electrified, her grittiest yet….
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With some heavy psych-influenced grooves, pitched with dark and attention-grabbing vocals, Melbourne’s Pink Harvest come out swinging with the material on their new album, Kind of Pink. Premiering on the AU today, the band’s debut offering sees the trio emerge from recording at their home in Footscray with a collection of sounds that warps, envelops and comes crashing…
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When Bombay Bicycle Club announced they would be going on an indefinite hiatus it didn’t mean that they were quitting music by any means and for us, while we were bummed out by the band’s decision to put the Bombay focus on the back burner, the concept of new music projects from the members was exciting on its…
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At an undisclosed location somewhere in Sydney on June 21st, OneRepublic will be performing a special set for their Australian fans. The US group will be in Australia for a promo visit off the back of their successful new single “Wherever I Go” and have been able to fit in a cheeky live set, thanks to…
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Peter Garrett has further ignited excitement within the Midnight Oil fan ranks with the release of new solo single “Great White Shark” and some special solo tour dates to take place around the country through July and August. The new single is taken from Garrett’s forthcoming solo record A Version of Now and as the live shows come together, Garrett will…
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Since finding out about Waza and the beats he’s been making through 2015, keeping a close eye on the Sydney musician and his new work has been getting us excited about what’s still to come from his forthcoming album. Where last year’s The Art and Technique Sessions established Waza as an attention-grabbing and ambitious talent, his new single “Rocks…
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Today, we find ourselves at the top end of our 101 Greatest Songs of All Time countdown. We’ve already seen some classic gems mixed in with some older favourites further down the list but as we look at this eclectic Top 25, there are definitely some tunes in here that might surprise. When it came…
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Beyond any thematic or visual symmetries, the biggest common thread across Season 6 so far has been a sense of direction. Thrones has spent the last five seasons scattering our favorite characters across both Westeros and Essos but with The Night’s King and the White Walkers on the march, it’s about time for things to pull themselves…
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The Iris is here with this week’s TV picks that are worthy of your small screen and time. Tuesday Criminal Minds, Ch 7, 8:30pm AEST Catch up with your favourite team the BAU who are on a hunt for a culprit who is kidnapping and depriving their victims from sleep. American Horror Story, FX, 9:30pm…
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Given the combined creative genius of writers (Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein, Dana Fox) who co-wrote this screenplay, one would have expected to strap themselves in for a solid, heart wrenching, feel good romp with How to be Single. However not all rom-coms are created equal and this would be sure fire winner, boosted by the…
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Japanese punk doco Mad Tiger is showing at this year’s Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. We reviewed the film earlier and the week and caught up since to talk about the film with one of the directors behind it. How did you first discover Peelander-Z? My friend Kenji Hayasaki introduced me to Peelander-Z in 2008, right when…
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It’s been another surprisingly big month for games in May with long-awaited AAA titles, a genre resurgent on PC and indies galore. Here’s our picks for the month, and what we’re looking forward to in June.
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Last week, Jake ran through five of the best undiscovered gems the horror genre has to offer, this week he’s finishing that effort with five more underrated works of the genre that most audiences won’t have run up against before. Life After Beth (2014) For such a big cast, Life After Beth kind of slipped through…
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Following overwhelming demand, the world’s premier Queen tribute, Queen – It’s A Kinda Magic, will return to Australia, taking fans back to the glory days of Freddie Mercury and his iconic band, Queen. Capturing the imagination of Queen fans both locally and internationally, Director Johnny Van Grinsven attributes the show’s continued success to the attention-to- detail;…
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At the Australian Booksellers Association Conference in Canberra, the 2016 shortlist for the prestigious Miles Literary Award was announced. With a focus on uniquely Australian identities and struggles, this year’s nominees, including three authors shortlisted for the first time, are in the running for a $60,000 prize. Making the 2016 shortlist are: Hope Farm by Peggy Frew…
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Those gelato gods at Gelato Messina have brought back their popular Game of Cones season for the first month of winter, planning a series of five exclusive flavours each inspired by five different characters from Game of Thrones. Ever wondered what Ramsay Bolton, Hodor, Khaleesi, Queen of Thorns (Olenna Tyrell), and Missandei (of Naathi) would…
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Camperdown locals have got a brand new bar-restaurant to get across with some big changes going down at Deus Ex Machina. The cafe space that’s attached to the iconic store has been reimagined and refocused by Tom Walton and Andy Ruwald of The Bucket List, in collaboration with bar sage James Prier. From a cafe…
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In a very brief yet consuming experience, much like the turn of many events in our lives, Judith Wright Centre became the space for Andrew Bovell’s When The Rain Stops Falling for the weekend only. THAT Production Company based in Ipswich presented the show and made it through the challenge of capturing the fluidity of…
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The Imperial Bells of China is all at once a vivid display of colour and sound and a glimpse into a revived culture right before your eyes, and I’m not sure which part I enjoyed more! Narrated in Chinese, the staging offers English subtitles so we can follow the tale. We are introduced to State…
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As part of the Seymour Centre’s Great Ideas Performance Series and Vivid Ideas, Carnival of the Bold will bring together six incredible artists who are leading the way in creating social change via their work. For one night, the artists will come together for a discussion on the power of arts to facilitate change in…
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Now in its fifth year, Oz Comic-Con’s dedicated focus to the very best across the local and international pop culture sphere places it in a league of its own. 2016 will see the return of the show-stopping Australian Championships of Cosplay, as well as a huge range of new and exclusive event features such as:…
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Meet UK four piece Cairobi. Armed with some great psych-pop sounds, the band is working its way further and further on to various stages and in the lead up to the release of their debut self-titled record this September, the band isn’t wasting time in generating awesome hype for themselves. Their latest single release in “Lupo”…
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This week in the music industry: the International Music Summit released their 2016 business report focusing on the electronic music industry, Sounds Australia revealed new plans to further promote Australian music overseas and Dan Nevin, CEO of Australian Independent Record Labels Association announced his resignation from the independent trade body. International Music Summit business report…
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Toronto four piece PUP have released their new album The Dream Is Over today and have backed up the great news with a brand spanking new Australian tour announcement! The run of shows will have the band visiting venues down the east coast this October, showcasing the band’s most rebellious and confident record yet. PUP have been featured…
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Melbourne’s Mighty Boys head to the track in bringing to life visuals for their ode to the Dapto Racetrack, “Dapto Dreaming”. Taken from the band’s new EP Timely Reminders, the single uses the famous Sydney racetrack to illuminate ideas of particularly Australian masculinity, the idea of ‘the bloke’ and the culture that surrounds it. The result is gritty,…
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Seated across the road from Brighton’s Copperdollar Studios on a chilly Friday afternoon, Ry X is digging into some food ahead of a session slotted into his schedule at The Great Escape. “Would you like some?” he asks, offering me some of his meal as I join him on the bench. I gratefully decline, knowing how…
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Lance Ferguson has followed up his impressive Lanu album, The Double Sunrise, with a special documentary featurette that takes us through the making of the record! The record, out now, was released back in February to much acclaim and has become one of Lanu’s best releases to date. In this 10 minute short, Ferguson retraces the inspirations that ultimately formed the…
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